Is there any reason to not compress an entire FTP drive?
I need a temporary fix for my FTP server, which is out of space. Is it safe to use Windows to compress these files, or will that somehow screw up the files?
2007-01-23 01:36:30 · 3 answers · asked by mlinnj 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
It shouldn't be a problem. The only volume you should not compress is the system volume -- the volume where the \Windows or \Winnt folders reside. If the FTP root is on that volume, you can sarely compress that folder and any files in it.
How much space you might gain depends upon how highly compressed the files already are. If most of the files are executables, .jpg images, .mp3 files or video files they probably won't compress very much.
One thing to watch out for is that the OS will not accurately report the free space once you compress a volume. It estimates the free space using an arbitrary compression factor (usually 2:1) but if your files are not compressible as noted above that claimed free space may be very inaccurate.
2007-01-23 04:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The file compression is handled within the OS and wouldn't impact the availability of the files via FTP. FTP should work fine if the files are compressed.
2007-01-23 03:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by djinarl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-28 22:35:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋